Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-22 | Page 4 | Just Sound Common Sense

J Just Sound Common Sense i ANOTHER NOTHER serious accident which police f i V n say was vas chiefly due to excessive speed has occurred in Salt Lake City It reemphasizes i I the necessity for stern control by by law enforcement enforce enforce- 1 ment officers of such inviting accident law violations vio vio- vio- vio nations lations as speeding failure to stop at ar arterial erial I signs or traffic lights failure to yield right of of- way et etc Despite considerably accelerated enforcement enforcement enforce enforce- ment of traffic laws in the city there are hundreds hundreds hun hun- of incidents daily of just such dangerous and and deliberate violations It is impossible to drive Irive rive across the city without noting several of them Monday morning driving down to work this this' writer saw one Utah motorist drive into heavily- heavily traveled traveled East Fourth South street from a side street without stopping and and another fail to yield right of way to o cars driving on the same street by barging ab abruptly into the traffic from froma a sid side street and nd thus the forcing cars on the arterial to slam on their brakes brakes' to avoid a collision In Inthe the accident Sunday night the driver of the crash car who was uninjured while the driver of the Bother other car was fatally hurt huri admitted d a according to tb police he was going 40 mil miles s. s an h hour hourin in ina a mile 25 zo zone e Police meas measured s I r s r 9 i feet e before the crash i W i f p 4 i That should be fair warning to all mot motorists I of the danger of high speed in city traffic The National Safety council figures stopping distan distance e at various speeds including the time timet 1 t taken to apply brakes after the emergency is seen seen as follows At 30 miles feet at 40 miles feet at 50 50 miles feet I If youre your jn n the habit of driving ng 40 miles iles an hour hou on m city streets it jt night b be a smart idea fo to o measure measure off feet and start figuring ig ring just what hat your chances would woud be of stopping in time if it got in you a tough spot With mighty few fe exceptions exceptions' traffic laws are just sound common sense Stop signs t traffic lights are all established on the the he basis basis' of experience e in preventing accidents They should be obeyed as a matter of course Those who refuse refus to ftp obey these sensible i limitations on their driving g must be compelled to obey or be barred from the roads They are area a double menace because t they not only imperil oth other r motorists but set bad a example of carel carelessness care care- l ess which encourages encourages' others in slipshod driving As long as vi violations lations of maj major r traffic laws are a commonplace on the streets of of Salt Lake City enforcement regardless of improvement is not rigid enough and traffic safety regardless rif of temporary progress is n not t achieved i